Means to suspend shower-bath curtains



May 28, 1929. J J 055 1,714,885

MEANS TO SUSPEND SHOWER BATH CURTAINS Filed Oct. 22, 19 28 INVENTOR JACK Jossrn Moss A v ATTORNEY Patented May 28, 1929.

I'J'ACK Josnrn Moss,

on MOUNT vnauon, NEW roan, iissrenon' TO I.

RUBBER COMPANY, or new YORK, 1v. Y.

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' Application filed October 22, 1928. Serial No. 314,212.

My inventionrelates to improvements in the means used to suspend rubber shower bath curtains from overhanging rods or poles and has reference particularly to the'specific arrangement of the upper end of the curtain itself as well as to the improved features of the hooks which support the curtain.

The invention has for its obj ect' toprovide an improved hook construction of the character describedwhich is eflicient inapplication and use and which may be readily detachable from the curtain being suspended.

A further object of invention isto a fford the upper end of a rubber bath cur-f Zinaft er described, set forth-in the appended claims, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of the inner side of a shower bath curtain showing the arrangement of the upper end of the latter and the improved hook for slidably supporting the curtain from a rod or pole; Figure2 is'a substantially transverse sectional view of the same taken .onlines'2-r 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on lines 3-3of Figure 2 and showing portions of the curtain broken away; and Figure lis an elevational view of the back of the upper end of a curtain constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, 10 denotes a curtain preferably of rubber or rubberized fabric having its upright sides turned over on the back and attached thereto by meansof an adhesive cement. The upperend of the curtain is likewise turned over on the back and attached at spaced intervals to thecurtain by cement. The hem 11 thus formed the outside.

at the upper end of the curtain is prefer i ably a deep hem so as :to provide suflicient material above the pole 12 to conceal it from Suspension is usually afforded a curtain of this characterat spaced intervals of say four 1 or live inches and in the present invention similar spacing 1S allowed between points of suspension. The space inside the hem 11 becomes one large pocket to which access is i had through openings 13 between the body of the curtainmaterial and the lower end of the turned down end of the' material iormlng the hem 11. These' openingsi 13 are established by nOt applying cement to the sections" when the hem is being made; Figure 4L illustrates the manner. in which the material adjacenteach opening isle-enforced and a guideway arranged to receive the hook members hereinafter described.

14 designates patches or pieces of 7 thematerial cut, for example; in quadrants f each having two sides at right angles to each other, one side belng disposed along a line above andparallel to the lower end of the hen'1-1'1 and't he other side being disposed perpendicular to the, hem line, intersecting it'at the outside dimension of the opening 13. The pieces 14 areal-ranged in pairs, the

ing the sidesof adjacent openings 13. Each piece 14 is fixed to the underlying material throughout its entire surfaceby means of cement. I

The curtain just described is hung from a pole 12 by means of hooks 15 eachof which in the present instance comprises a strip of metal bent to form a downwardly directed hook 16 and upright back portion 17 which is bent parallel to the back portion of the hook 16. and spaced slightly from the latter,

. perpendicular sides of the two pieces form as illustrated in Figure 2. The upper free 1 end of the back portion 17 is bent to form an eye 18 on its: side toward the hook .16. .In the eye 18 is mounted themid portion of a spring 19 having outwardly and downwardly projecting arms 20. The arms- 20. at these lower ends project substantially beyondthe sides of the material ofthe hook and are capable of being i sprung towards each other; The ends of the arms 20 are I further bent towards each other and parallel to the mid portion projecting through the eye 18.

To assemble the hooks 15 in the curtain,

the upper end of the back portion 17 in each case is inserted into the opening 13, the arms 20 oomin g into contact with the upright sides of pieces 1% and ends of the opening 13,

and being yieldable they spring towards each other until the back portion 17 has been insorted far enough to bring the ends of the the hook proper 15, and due to the position of the patches 14 at each side of the hem the :latter at its lower end is re-enforced to a considerable extent.

It will be understood of course that various changes may be made in the shape of the hook and the application of the re-enforcing elei'nents without departing from the spirit of; the invention, as claimed. 7

Having. now descrlbed my invention and the manner in which the same may be used, what-1 claim and deslre to secure by Letters 1 Patent is:

1. A curtain supporting device, comprising-a curved portion to encircle a pole or rod and an upr ghtback portion to be 1nserted into the hem of the curtain through an opening of a Width corresponding to the widt-hof-the device, and a spring anchor for the upper end of said backportion having arms normally projecting beyond the width I of theback portionand capable of being pressed towards each other to project through the opening in the hem of thecu'rtain.

ing devices, comprising a hem portion formed at its upper end, said hem being provided with'spaced openings along its lower edge, and patches attached to the curtain andover lapping thehem and adjacent portion of the curtain at the opposite ends of the said openings. m

3. A curtain supporting device, comprismg a strip of metal, curved at one end to enclrcle a pole or rod,.an uprlght straight mid-portion and an upright back portion bent fromthe lower end of the mid-portion, and a triangular spring catch attached to the upper end of theback portion at one of its angles, the otherangles being normally projected beyond the sides of the curved and straight portions of the device and capable 'ofbeing depressed towards each other sub stantially asdescribed. I 1. The combinatlon of .acurtain provided with a hem along its upper end having 2. A curtain to be supported from supporta plurality of spaced openings, a series of V supporting devlces for sa1d openings, each dev1cecomprising a curved end to: encircle a pole, upright straight intermediate and back portions, said back portion. being insertable into an opening in theih'em, and a spring catch carried by theupper end of the back portion to be contracted to permit the back to project through the opening and normally extended beyond-the ends of the opening to prevent the removal of the back portion from the hem.

In testimony whereof he has afiixed his Vi signature.

JACK .iosnrn Moss. 

